Jul 01, 2013SAMA, a Delhi-based NGO, highlights the known and the not-so-well-known gender issues like surrogacy and the rights of surrogate mothers through its workshop even as India debates the ART (Regulation) Bill 2010.
[Gender]
[Women]
[Women safety]
[Women empowerment]
[South Asia]
[Health]

May 28, 2013Thanks to the steps taken to empower women, Bangladesh has not only decreased family size by two-thirds but also ensured that 90 per cent of its girl children are enrolled in schools.
[Bangaldesh]
[Women]
[Women empowerment]
[South Asia]

Nov 06, 2012A UN Women report looks at the state of women and their political representation in all the countries of South Asia. The report finds that despite being guaranteed equality constitutionally, patriarchal social structures impede political ambitions of women all over.
[Women's Rights]
[Women empowerment]
[Politics]
[South Asia]

Jun 09, 2013According to data put out by the Delhi-based The Energy and Research Institute (TERI), 1,62,000 villages in India face the problem of brackish or contaminated water and a scarcity of fresh water, writes Pamela Philipose.
[South Asia]
[India]
[Women empowerment]
[Women and children]
[Women]

Apr 11, 2013Talking about the launch of India’s second all women post office, India’s minister for Communications and IT, said that this endeavour will strengthen the position of women.
[India]
[Women empowerment]
[South Asia]

Nov 04, 2012The need to have more women in the world’s still male-dominated boardrooms has gained widespread recognition but there is also strong disagreement on how to go about it.
[ILO]
[Gender]
[Women empowerment]